Power Plants Near 25865 — Lester, WV

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25865 (Lester, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7265, -81.3095 · County: Raleigh

Hydroelectric 71%Wind 19%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
29.6 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
30.0 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
32.5 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
33.7 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
34.7 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
39.0 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
39.9 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
41.0 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
46.4 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Lester, West Virginia (ZIP 25865), with a combined 304 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 10.1 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in West Virginia, visit the West Virginia state page.

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